Chapter Thirty-Eight
In the concierge courtyard, Yeluzi looked out the window at a leisurely pace, and the heavy rain had stopped intermittently, but the sky was covered with dark clouds telling him that the rain would continue. Then the name of the Song people is protection, and the actual house arrest will continue, which makes him very angry, anxious, and helpless.
People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, and the premise of wanting to vent their anger and revenge is to leave here first. These are all trivial matters, and it has been four or five days, but the news has not been transmitted back for a long time, for fear that the big thing will be missed...... What's more, the longer the time drags on, I'm afraid that some hidden things may also be revealed, first the commissioner of Kaifeng Mansion, and now there is a young man, who looks quite shrewd......
No, it can't be delayed any longer, there are many dreams at night, and I am afraid that there are many variables, especially in Youzhou, which may have been prepared, only one excuse for internal and external affairs.
Thinking of this, Yeluzhi felt that he couldn't wait any longer, and was ready to go out to find the officials of Honglu Temple to theorize, threaten and intimidate, in short, he had to leave the Song realm as soon as possible......
I didn't want to just walk to the door, and a pro-soldier came to report: "Song Dynasty Honglu Temple Protocol House Chongyi Gong Chai Xiao is invited!" ”
"Just in time!" Yeluzhi was iron-hearted this time, and he would no longer be polite to Chai Lao'er, so he took a few personal soldiers and left with the attendants of Honglu Temple.
As he walked, Jeruzi noticed that something seemed wrong. Instead of going to the auditorium of Honglu Temple, it seems that they went to Xiao Jie's previous residence, and after the murder, they changed their courtyard to live.
Don't...... Yelu was a little apprehensive in his heart, and then shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: It's impossible, but it's only a moment......
When he walked into Xiao Jie's residence, all of Yeluzhen's self-comfort was shattered in an instant. There were many people standing in the room, Chai Xiao of Honglu Temple, and two others he had seen before, it seemed that they were Wang Anshi, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Yin Wanggui of Kaifeng Mansion. At the head of the list were a few young people I had seen before......
"Deputy Envoy Yelu, be polite!" Chai Xiao was finally able to straighten his waist, and a confident smile made Yelu feel a little drumming in his heart.
Yelu forced himself to calm down, and snorted coldly: "What is the matter with calling this envoy out?" ”
Chai Xiao said with a smile: "Regarding the case of the murder of your country's envoy Xiao, there are already some eyebrows, and the official family ordered the two princes to explain it!" ”
"Oh? The murderer was caught? Yeluzhen hurriedly asked, he had already thought about it before, if the Song Dynasty found a scapegoat at random, he would never agree.
Wang Anshi stepped forward and said, "Deputy Envoy Yelu, let's first understand the process of Xiao Envoy's murder!" After speaking, he gestured with his eyes and handed over the right to speak to Lin Zhao.
"In Xia Lin Zhao, I investigated the murder of your envoy Xiao Jie by holy order, and now I have some eyebrows, and I want to communicate with Deputy Envoy Yelu......"
"If you have something to say, if you don't catch the real murderer and prove it, you need to be noisy!" Yeluzhi seemed to be a little angry, and said angrily: "You Southern Dynasty people are like this, procrastinating, not simply ...... at all"
"If you want to do it, okay!" Lin Zhao walked to the window and said with a smile: "First recall the situation at the time of the incident, that banquet, Xiao Envoy's spirit and mood don't seem to be very good, Chai Gong and Zun Jia sent him back here, and then talked a little in the face outside, then heard Xiao Envoy scream, and then listened to the sound of the water basin falling to the ground, Deputy Envoy Yelu immediately decided that something was wrong, and rushed over to find out, right?" ”
"Yes, my Da Liao envoy was killed right under my nose, do you have any explanation?"
Lin Zhao continued to ask, "In other words, are all the above facts?" Well, when you entered the room, Xiao Envoy had already fallen to the ground, and he was stabbed in the neck and died...... The whole house is sealed, except for this window, of course...... So you think that the murderer assassinated Xiao Envoy from here......"
"Obvious problem!"
Wang Gui said: "The back wall outside the window is the guard of my Great Song Forbidden Army, and it is impossible for a murderer to assassinate him!" ”
"How could it not be? You Song Guo can put me under house arrest, but you can't assassinate me? It is not surprising that officials protect each other and plot assassination. "Yeluzhi emphatically emphasized that his attitude of not believing you is obviously trying to point the responsibility for the assassination on the Song Dynasty.
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "Who killed Xiao Envoy, he will tell us himself......"
"But he's dead......"
"What if you die? Can't a dead man speak? Lin Zhao smiled: "Many times, the words of the dead are more credible than the living, because they will never lie. ”
Everyone looked at each other, looking at Lin Zhao, who seemed to be a little stunned, I don't know why!
Lin Zhao said: "There are a few questions to discuss with you!" First, Deputy Envoy Yelu and Chai Gong Shicai both spoke, and at that time, they first heard a miserable scream, and then the water basin fell to the ground, and they heard the sound...... Who made this scream? ”
"Naturally, it's Lord Xiao......"
"Does Deputy Envoy Yelu really think so?" With a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, Lin Zhao said, "The wound on Xiao Envoy's neck is proof, this knife directly pierced his throat and neck blood vessels...... Can a person with a punctured throat still scream so loudly? ”
Everyone came back to their senses, and it was indeed so! Yeluzhi said disapprovingly: "Maybe it was Lord Xiao who discovered the danger and called for help before being stabbed......
"Really?" Lin Zhao smiled faintly: "If that's the case, it means that Xiao Envoy discovered the assassin first...... It is said that he is also a warrior of the grassland, and in this case he will definitely fight with the assassins, but are there any traces of a fight at the scene? The assassin was so clever that he ignored Xiao Envoy's defenses, killed him from behind in an instant, and slipped away without a trace, is it possible for such a short time? ”
Belch...... Yelu was speechless for a moment, and said, "Maybe I flew out of the window to shoot and killed, and I used a machine bracket and other things......"
"Let's not talk about whether there is any possibility of implementation, Xiao Envoy has already told us that this is not the case......" Lin Zhao immediately vetoed.
Yelu snorted coldly, "How did he tell you?" Could it be that you will still go to the underworld? ”
"Of course not!" Lin Zhao also ignored it, pointed to the bloodstains on the ground and said: "The scene has been very well preserved, and it is not much different from the current one, please take a look...... If the flying knife stabbed Xiao Envoy's neck from the outside to the inside, first of all, he must have stood with his back to the window, and the blood vessels in his neck were punctured......
As you all know, a ruptured blood vessel in a person's neck will have to be spattered with blood at least three feet...... If so, there must be a lot of blood on the screen, do you see? ”
The white screen became the best proof, and everyone was suddenly stunned, and Yeluzhen suddenly had nothing to say, and his forehead began to sweat slightly!
Lin Zhao continued: "Now look at it, the blood stains on the ground are concentrated in this piece near the window, and the wooden frame where the water basin is placed is red...... From this, it seems more reasonable to infer that Xiao Envoy was lying down at that time, and the knife pierced from the bottom......"
"What are you kidding? How could a knife penetrate from the ground, and it was difficult for an assassin to escape from the ground? ”
"You don't need the skills of the Escape Technique!" Lin Zhao said: "Isn't it possible to just place the dagger on the ground and then fall down?" ”
"What do you mean?" Jeremiah has changed a little!
Wang Gui said: "But how can the dagger stabilize the ground, and how can it be so ingenious, Xiao Envoy just fell down and was stabbed?" Did he not see it himself? ”
"Good question!" Lin Zhao didn't care what kind of mentality Wang Gui was, and analyzed: "It's impossible for outsiders to do it, but what if it's Xiao Envoy himself? ”
"What? Is he suicidal? Everyone in the room exclaimed.
Yeluzhi was already a little angry, and shouted loudly: "How is it possible, how could Lord Xiao commit suicide? The position and direction of the knife edge showed that he could not do it with his own hands...... How do you put such a small dagger steadily? It's just that you can't catch the real culprit, and it's too much to prevaricate and slander for such a ridiculous reason! ”
"Whether it's prevarication or not, you'll know if you've seen it!" Lin Zhao beckoned, and someone carried a wooden basin with several ice cubes placed in it, and a dagger in the middle was impressively sandwiched......
"Isn't that enough!" Lin Zhao's voice landed, and he exclaimed again!
"Why use ice?" Chai Ruone expressed his doubts.
Yelu took advantage of the situation and said coldly: "I'm afraid it's just your personal speculation!" ”
"Hmph, why use ice?" Lin Zhao seemed to ask himself, and poured a basin of steaming water from behind him...... The weather was already hot, and the ice began to melt as soon as it met the hot water......
Lin Zhao put down the basin of water, clapped his hands and said, "The reason is very simple, it can quickly destroy the evidence...... If you think about it, why did the hot tub happen to be knocked over? It's just a basin of water, why is the ground so wet, and there are still so many water stains on the carpet......
"The hot water is to melt the ice, and after the ice melts, there will naturally be more water stains on the ground!" Wang Yan added, explaining the problem well.
Lin Zhao said: "Not only that, but the blood spurting out of the veins can also melt ice. Without ice, suicide becomes murder, what a calculation! ”
"Nonsense, where is the evidence? When we entered the door, how did we see ice? Could it be that it melts in an instant? Jeruzi was already a little flustered, looking for various reasons to refute it.
"Evidence? Well, these days, Xiao Envoy often drinks cold wine, and the ice cellar will send ice cubes every day, but do you see ice cubes indoors? No! The ice was used elsewhere. The tiny scratch at the end of the dagger was caused by Xiao Jie falling to the ground, the dagger piercing in, and touching the ground......
Also, the blood sprayed on the ice, a bright red, it is normal not to notice it at first, if someone deliberately covers it up, it will become a ......"
Chai Xiao said suddenly: "At that time, it was the deputy envoy of Yelu who visited him and called for the old lady to find a doctor's ......."
"Isn't that the end of it!" Lin Zhao said: "By the time Chai Gong comes back, the ice has already melted, and the pusher of Kaifeng Mansion has arrived, and all he can see is a puddle of water stains!" ”
Yelu stumbled and said, "At that time, I was only concerned about rescuing Lord Xiao, and I didn't pay attention to whether there were ice cubes at all...... Maybe it's just your speculation, why did Lord Xiao commit suicide? ”
"Why? Didn't Deputy Envoy Yelu talk about it all day long! Lin Zhao said coldly;" The envoys of the Liao State died in the Great Song Dynasty, an excellent excuse to send troops! Deputy Envoy Yelu is in a hurry to return to China, is he afraid that the Liao army in Youzhou will be in a hurry, right? ”
"I can't imagine that it was you and others who deliberately framed Da Song!" Several old ministers Wang Anshi, Wang Gui, and Chai Xiao had a great sense of justice, and immediately reprimanded them, and they were furious.
Lin Zhao looked at Yelu with a smile and said leisurely: "Deputy Yelu, do you have anything else to say?" Don't worry, seeing that you are sweating profusely, do you want to send a few pots of orchids for you to calm down? ”
When Yelu heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble a little, and he sat down on the ground!
Several officials of the Song Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief, and Xiao Jie ...... Hmph, he committed suicide, with this conclusion, everything is easy to say!